Mo Beauty
Mo Beauty is the debut album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth. It was released October 20, 2009, on Anti- Records. In August 2009, Ounsworth released Skin and Bones as Flashy Python.
| Mo Beauty | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 20, 2009 |
| Recorded | 2009, Piety St. Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Genre | Folk, indie rock |
| Label | Anti- Records |
| Producer | Steve Berlin |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| American Songwriter |    link |
| The A.V. Club | (B) link |
| onethirtybpm | (74%) link |
| Paste | (81/100) link |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10) link |
| PopMatters | (5/10) link |
| Robert Christgau |  [1] |
| Slant Magazine | link |
| Spin | link |
| Stereo Subversion | (6/10) link |
| Under the Radar | (6/10) link |
The title is the name of shop in the Tremé section of New Orleans, a photograph of which is on the album cover.
Track listing
- "Modern Girl (...With Scissors)"
- "Bones in the Grave"
- "Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (Song for New Orleans)"
- "That Is Not My Home (After Bruegel)"
- "Idiots in the Rain"
- "South Philadelphia (Drug Days)"
- "What Fun."
- "Me and You, Watson"
- "Obscene Queen Bee #2"
- "When You've No Eyes"
- "Dr. So and So" (iTunes only Bonus Track)
- "Big Microscope" (iTunes only Bonus Track)
- "Dim Wit Road" (iTunes only Bonus Track)
Personnel
- Alec Ounsworth - Vocals, Guitar
- George Porter Jr. - Bass guitar
- Stanton Moore – Drums
- Robert Walter – Keyboards, B3 Organ
- Matt Sutton – Baritone and Pedal Steel Guitars
- Steve Berlin - Producer
- Mark Mullins, Craig Klein, Greg Hicks, Washboard Chaz, Shannon Powell, John Boute, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, and Meschiya Lake. - Various Instrumentation
References
- Christgau, Robert. "Mo Beauty". Robert Christgau.
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